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Somali speaker says Ethiopian troops must leave

DEC 03, 2006

NAIROBI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has a massive military force of 15,000 men in Somalia and will be to blame for any war in the chaotic Horn of Afri...

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Revisions to citizenship test worry immigrants in Columbus

DEC 03, 2006

When Sirad Ahmed came to America, she knew only one word of English: hi. Now, she has been here five years and has studied the language, and she is ge...

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Islamists seize key Somali township, mounting fears of full-scale war

DEC 03, 2006

MOGADISHU (AFP) - A powerful Islamic movement has seized control of a key Somali township, pushing the Horn of Africa nation closer to an all-out war....

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Somalia's government welcomes draft U.N. resolution on regional military force

DEC 02, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's transitional government welcomed a draft U.N. resolution that would authorize the deployment of a regional military forc...

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Kilimanjaro Stars thrash Djibouti 3-0

DEC 02, 2006

TANZANIA Mainland team, Kilimanjaro Heroes playing a formality game, yesterday thrashed Djibouti 3-0, to finish on top of group A with maximum points....

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Muslims seek prayer room at Twin Cities airport

DEC 02, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS — The seven Muslim men drew a few stares as they laid down their prayer rugs and knelt on the hard rubber floor at the Minneapolis-St. P...

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U.S. calls for regional Somalia force

DEC 02, 2006

"It's very limited," said Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry. "The situation in Somalia ... remains very difficult and complex, and there isn'...

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Ellison’s Oath in Koran Roils Conservatives

DEC 01, 2006

Minneapolis, MN – (HOL) - Before he became the nation’s first Muslim elected to Congress, Democrat Keith Ellison was called “unfit” for Congre...

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Award-Winning Photographer Abdi Roble Brings The Somali Documentary Project to Twin Cities

DEC 01, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with Arts Midwest, award-winning photographer Abdi Roble continues his ongoing, expansive documenta...

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Somalis Uniting in Response to HIV and AIDS

DEC 01, 2006

Nairobi (1 December 2006) – Significant progress is being made among Somali communities in the response to HIV and AIDS, the United Nations said tod...

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